Wednesday Mass Edition - Ember Wednesday of Advent - Missa 'Roráte Cœli' - Magnificat Antiphon: "O Sapientia" - December 17th, 2025

†          Ember Wednesday of Advent, Feria Quarta Quattuor Temporum  Adventus, Missa 'Roráte  Cœli',    Magnificat Antiphon.:  "O  Sapientia" - December 17th, 2025 - Propers 
       
†          Traditional Latin Mass Calendar With Hyperlinks - December 15th, 2025 to December 21st, 2025 - Propers for the Week | Ember Week of Advent | Fourth Sunday of Advent

• LITURGICAL
• Per Ipsum (TLM Gospel of the Day) >>  Wednesday of Ember Week in Advent
• The +Ecu-Men+ >> December 17 – Wednesday of Ember Week
• Vespers, Magnificat Antiphon.:  "O  Sapientia"  ["O Wisdom, that comest out of the mouth of the Most High, that reachest from one end to another, and dost mightily and sweetly order all things; come, to teach us the way of prudence!"]
• Lives of the Saints >> December 17 - Saint Olympia of Constantinople, Widow and Deaconess  († 410)
• CatholicSaints.Info: Saints of the Day: December 17
• Boston Catholic Journal, Roman Martyrology >> December 17th
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• BLOGS, NEWS, OPINION AND COMMENTARY
• Aleteia (Christine Rousselle) >> Our Lady of Guadalupe basilica drew record crowd
• American Thinker (Sloan Oliver) >> Gaslighted about Somali Refugees
• American Thinker (Thomas Kolbe) >> Fiat Currency and Declining Births
• American Thinker (Lars Møller) >> The Patient Strategy of Entryism
• AnaStpaul.com >> One Minute Reflection – 16 December – “What does this mean, “take up a cross?”
• A Pilgrim's Journey (Fr. Christopher George Phillips) >> God Always Keeps His Promises
• A Priest Life (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> Vatican commission says ‘no’ to women deacons, but not definitively
• A Priest Life (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> AWAY WITH THE MANGER: How the Left Tries to Weaponize Christmas Against Trump
• Catholic Conclave >> Archbishop Gänswein finally speaks out about his shabby treatment by a vindictive Pope Francis. "The centrality of Christ has forcefully returned to the forefront of the homilies and words of the universal pastor of the Church."
• CatholicCulture.Org - Commentary >> The Evidence of Affirmation (Fr. Jerry Pokorsky)
• CatholicCulture.Org - Commentary >> The Liturgy Wars You Will Always Have with You (David G. Bonagura, Jr.)
• Catholic Daily Reflections >> Fidelity to God’s Eternal Plan
• Catholic Exchange (D.B. Curtin) >> The Unbounding Merits of Spiritual Slowness
• Catholic Exchange (Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV) >> Truly Repent this Advent Season
• Catholic Exchange (Phillip Campbell) >> Adelaide of Burgundy: The Sainted Empress
• Catholic Journal (William Borst) >> Wickedness Versus Goodness
• Catholic Stand (Dom Cingoranelli) >> The Rule of Life: A Path to Sainthood
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Jerry Salyer) >> George Orwell’s enduring explanation of the neopagan temptation
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Dr. Edward Feser) >> Would a U.S. war against Venezuela be just?
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> The year in travel
• Crisis Magazine (Robert B. Greving) >> Happy Birthday, Miss Austen
• Crisis Magazine (Aaron McAfee) >> Ufology and Mysticism Are on the Rise
• Crux (Associated Press) >> Vatican unveils Nativity scene, lights Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square
• Dominicana  (Fr. Ceslaus Kowalkowski, O.P.) >> Pick Up Your Toys!
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 2025: 17 – Tuesday 3rd Week of Advent – Patience
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 17 DECEMBER – EMBER WEDNESDAY IN ADVENT
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 17 DECEMBER – THE GREATER ANTIPHONS
• InPrincipio Podcast >> St. Eusebius of Vercelli (December 16) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> Is God Trying to Get Our Attention?
• LifeSiteNews (Dom Prosper Guéranger) >> St. Eusebius defended the doctrine of the Incarnation against the heretics of his day
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> S. Eusebii Episcopi et Martyris ~ Semiduplex
• National Catholic Register (Edward Pentin) >> When the Vicar of Christ Joins the Media Scrum
• New Liturgical Movement (Peter Kwasniewski) >> The Orientation of Prayer
• OnePeterFive (T.S. Flanders) >> One Non-Profit Against SkyNet
• Public Discourse (Marc O. DeGirolami) >> Monument of Unageing Intellect
• RORATE CÆLI (Peter Kwasniewski) >> How the Bishop Stole Tradition
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> French Semi-Official Catholic Daily "La Croix": The "Normalization" of the Latin Mass is Here
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> FRIENDS OF CAMPOS: Help Sisters in the only Diocesan Structure in the World Exclusively Dedicated to the Traditional Mass
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> Advent March: Nine Days Until Christmas
• The Catholic Thing (Randall Smith) >> Annoyed and Frustrated at Mass
• The Pillar (Luke Coppen) >> Cardinal Ambongo: Rebel gains show limits of US-backed accord